Supply Chain Assurance
The supply chain is where your business can be most vulnerable. You depend on subcontractors or partners to deliver to your high standards and timeframes. But to what extent do they share your business imperatives, ethical commitments and environmental standards? How efficient and capable are they and how effectively are they managing quality and cost? You need to know.
Managed effectively, assurance of your supply chain can be a means to building significant business advantage, reducing cost, increasing satisfaction and loyalty while expanding your capability.
How can Supply Chain Assurance benefit my organisation?
LRQA assessment services help ensure your supply chain is effective, efficient, and fully aligned in delivering a seamless operation. Our verification services ensure your suppliers are consistently delivering to your prescribed standard or to selected third-party standards; while our diagnostic and improvement surveys help you leverage your supply chain for competitive advantage.
Whether you have developed your own customized supply chain standards, or subscribed to third party standards such as ISO 9000, ISO 14000 or OHSAS 18000, LRQA provides assessment and verification services for you and your supply chain tailored to meet your specific requirements, including:
- Strategy – testing the supply chain against business goals
- Risk – identification and assessment of exposure
- Operations – effective process management and assessment of supplier capability
- Quality – consistency of performance to agreed standards
- Compliance – verification that key requirements are met
Your Next Step
If you would like to speak to one of our business advisors regarding Supply Chain Assurance please call 0800 783 2179 or complete the enquiry form on this website. Alternatively, read more on LRQA’s Supply Chain Assurance services and experience:
